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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30152	The holy citie, or, The new-Jerusalem wherein its goodly light walls, gates, angels, and the manner of their standing, are expounded : also, her length and breadth, together with the golden measuring-reed, explained, and the glory of all unfolded : as also, the numerousness of its inhabitants, and what the tree and water of life are, by which they are sustained / by John Bunyan ...	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1669 (1669)	Wing B5536; ESTC R36063	132,664	312

the World that will be converted or the Gate that will be last because longest occupied with the travels of the Passengers and wayfaring-Men in their Journy to this Jerusalem But I pass that From the order of their standing I shall enquire into two things First Why the Gates should look in this manner every way both East West North and South Secondly Why there should be three just three on every side of this City On the East three on the North three on the South three and on the West three For the First The Gates by looking every way into all Quarters may signifie to us thus much That God hath a People in every corner of the World and also That Grace is to be carried out at these Gates by the Angels in their Ministry into every place to gather them home to him as it is said of the living Creatures Whither the Head looked they followed it and turned not as they went so whithersoever the Gates look thither the Ministers go and carry the Word to gather together the Elect He sent them two and two before his Face into every City and Place whither he himself would come Again The Gates by their thus looking every way do signifie to us That from what Quarter or Part of the World soever men come for Life for those men there are the Gates of Life even right before their doors Come they from the East why thither look the Gates and so if they come from North or West or South No Man needs at all to go about to come at Life and Peace and Rest Let him come directly from Sin to Grace from Satan to Jesus Christ and from this World to New Jerusalem The twelve Brazen Oxen that Solomon made to bear the molten Sea they stood just as these Gates stand and signifie as I said before that the Doctrine of the twelve Apostles should be carried into all the World to convert as in the Primitive Times so now at the building of New Jerusalem and to bring in Gods Sheep to the Fold of his Church Now I say as the Word is carried every way so the Gates the open Gates look also into all corners after them to signifie that loving Reception that shall be given to every Soul that from any corner of the whole World shall unfainedly close in with Grace through the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus therefore Men shall come from the East and from the West from the North and from the South and sit down in the Kingdom of God Luk. 13. 29. Psal. 107. 1 2 3. On the East three Gates on the North three Gates on the South three Gates and on the West three Gates Having thus shewed you in a word why they stand thus looking into every Corner or Quarter of the World I now come to shew you why there must be just three looking in this manner every way First then There may be three looking every way to signifie that it is both by the consent of the Three Persons in the Trinity that the Gospel should thus every way go forth to call men and also to shew you that both the Father Son and Spirit are willing to receive and embrace the Sinner from whatsoever part or corner of the Earth he cometh hither for Life and Safety Come they from whence they will the Father is willing to give them the Son and so is the Son to give them Himself and so is the Spirit to give them its help against whatever may labour to hinder them while they are here Joh. 3. 16. Rev. 21. 6. 22. 17. Secondly In that three of the Gates look every way it may be also to shew us that there is none can enter into this City but by the three Offices of the Lord Jesus Christ by his Priestly Office must wash away their Sins and by his Prophetical Office he must illuminate teach guide and refresh them and by his Kingly Office rule over them and govern them with his Word Heb. 7. 25. Joh. 13. 8. Act. 3. 22 23 24. Isa. 40. 10 11. 9. 6 7. Psal. 76. 1 2 3. Psal. 110. 3. Thirdly Or by three Gates may be signified the three states of the Saints in this Life an entrance into Childhood an entrance into a Manly state and an entrance into the state of a Father in the Church Or lastly The three Gates may signifie the threefold state we pass thorow from Nature to Glory The state of Grace in this Life the state of Felicity in Paradise and our state in Glory after the Resurrection Or thus The state of Grace that possesseth Body and Soul in this Life the state of Glory that posseseth the Soul at Death and the state of Glory that both Body and Soul shall be possessed with at the coming of the Lord and Saviour This was figured forth by the order of the Stairs in the Temple at Jerusalem which was first second and third by which Men ascended from the lowest to the uppermost Room in the House of God as he tells us They went up with winding Stairs from the first into the second story and from thence by them into the third 1 King 6. 8. Thus much for the Wall and Gates of New Jerusalem Vers. 14. And the Wall of the City had twelve Foundations and in them the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. In these words we have two things considerable 1. That the City-Wall hath twelve Foundations 2. That in these twelve are the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. First It hath twelve Foundations This argueth invincible strength and support That Wall that hath but one Foundation how strongly doth it stand if it be but safely laid upon a Rock even so strong●y that neither Wind nor Weather in their greatest vehemency are able to shake or stir it to make it fall but I say how much more when a City hath Foundations twelve Foundations and those also laid by God himself as it is said concerning the Worthies of old They looked for a City that had Foundations whose Builder and Maker is God Heb. 11. 13 14. And the Wall of the City had twelve Foundations and in them the Names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb. The Wall you know I told you is the Wall of Salvation or the Safety of the Church by Jesus Christ to which is adjoyned as the effect of that the special Providence and Protection of God Now this Wall saith the Holy Ghost hath twelve Foundations to wit to bear it up for the continuation of the safety and security of those that are the Inhabitants of this City a Foundation is that which beareth up all and that upon which the stress of all must lie and abide Now to speak properly the Foundation of our Happiness is but one and that one none but the Lord Jesus for other Foundation can no man lay than that is laid which is Jesus Christ

Christ for shelter Now I say in that John tells us this Wall is an hundred forty four Cubits and waves the manner of the measure of Ezekiel it is to shew us that this Wall is for the safety of the hundred forty four thousand that have taken sanctuary in Christ that is all the holy and truly gracious Souls that are with him on the Mount Zion having his Fathers Name written in their Foreheads both Numbers I say being twelve times twelve implying a sufficient safety for all that are sincerely and truly gratious And now to bring down the matter to our Jerusalem-state for though it be true in all Ages that there is between those that have taken sanctuary in Christ and the bottomless pit an invincible and mighty Wall of Grace and heavenly Power and of the Merits of Christ to save to the utmost all and every one that are thus fled to him for safety yet there is some thing in it more then this for those that come into the days and state of the New Jerusalem For I say this Wall being it that makes a separation between the Sanctuary and the prophane place in general and yet being spoken of as a thing extraordinary and accompanying the state of this new City onely it implieth that at this day the Saints shall have that shelter by this Wall from all the force of Hell and the damned Spirits that now from Tophet afflict them that they never had before and therefore you find at the begining of the thousand Years which as I conceive is the time of the building of this City a mighty Angel is said to come down from Heaven to lay hold of the Dragon that old Serpent called the Devil and Satan and to bind him a thousand Years which done he casts him into the bottomless pit and there shuts him up to the end he should deceive the Nations no more the effect of which will be not onely a delivering of the Saints from outward persecution but also from being any more assailed with either wicked and erronious Doctrine or fierce and fiery darts from the Prince of Darkness which now many of them are so much anoyed and afflicted with now the Church will be free from those hellish suggestions to blaspheme to despair and the like that her Members do yet most dreadfully and sadly meet with for observe this old Tempter is said to be tied up or to be cast into the bottomless Pit first as he is a Dragon under which name he goeth in this Book in his persecuting the Church Rev. 12. Secondly he is said to be shut up as he goeth under the name of a Serpent under which name he went when he fomented his devillish and damning seducing Doctrine to our first Parents the which the Spirit expresly seems to relate unto and therefore calls him that OLD Serpent that OLD Serpent that deceived us at the first Gen. 3. 1 2 3 4 5. Thirdly he is said to be shut up also as he goeth under the name of the Devil and Satan under which Name he goeth commonly in the New-Testament when he provoketh and stirreth up our lusts and when he labours to drive us into all manner of unbelief distrust despair and so consequently into murmurings and blasphemy against God Mat. 4. 1 5 8. Luk. 4. 2 3 5 6. Act. 5. 1 2 3. Ephes. 6. 11. 2 Cor. 2 7 11. Wherefore I say that at the day that this Wall is set up in all its glory and when it performs every part and piece of its office to the full then shall Satan be bruised under our Feet indeed and then shall Jerusalem be called The joyous City and her People A Joy for her former Sorrows shall be past and forgot If thou still objectest But I have yet an evil heart and therefore if I be not rid of that at that day should I live till then why though there should be no Devil to afflict me I shall feel and meet with sorrow and trouble enough I answer thee First I dare not say that at this day thou shalt be in every sence without thy evil heart in the midst of all this glory tempted Soul Yet I say thus much to thee First Where there is no Devil to tempt though the Saints will yet be imperfect and come short of a glorified state yet they by his absence will be delivered from many dreadful vexing and burning hellish Darts that will otherwise confound and afflict the Soul like Arrows whose heads are poisoned Christians have a great deal of ease when God doth even at this day with-hold the Devil for a season though yet they have their own lusts over they have when the Devil and their own Lusts are suffered to meet and work together yea the Lord Jesus himself who had no sin yet in the Temptation was fearfully handled and afflicted with the Devil though all the while I say he kept him at staves end and did not suffer him in the least to anoy his Person and therefore 't is said that when he was in the Wilderness in the conflict the Angels came to minister to him at the time of his Agony also in which Agony doubtless Satan had a very great hand to afflict him you see his complaint how that he was sore amazed and exceeding sorrowful even unto death being so laden with heaviness and sorrow that he was scarce able to stand or wag under the burden of it Satan even from himself besides the workings of our own Lusts doth do us wonderful injury and hits our Souls with many a fiery Dart that we think comes either from our selves or from Heaven and God himself but now by this Wall this broad Wall this sorrow will be cut off Secondly Again when Satan is thus tied up we shall together with this Mercy receive such a plentiful pouring forth of the Holy Ghost that though there will remain in us still the remainders of our Corruptions yet by the plentiful indwellings of the holy Ghost and the Joy and Peace and heavenly sweetness thereof these things shall lie like lean withered blasted things the reason of that power and that strength that our Lusts have to this day in our hearts it is because we are so lean and thin and weak in the things of God strong Grace makes Corruptions weak and strikes them thorow laying them at the point of death always gasping for life thus it was with Moses he had such Grace in his Soul and such Communion with God that though he had yet a Body of Sin within him it was a rare thing for him to see his wretchedness that is to see it pirt lively and powerful in him indeed God saith That upon the Land of his People shall come up Bryars and Thorns yea upon all the Houses of Joy in the joyous City because the Palaces shall be forsaken the multitude of the